How To Avoid 'Choking' on the SAT

Jimmy797
Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:13:03 +0000

^I actually did much better on test day than before. I didn’t prep for the exam per se, but last summer I took the 07 practice test and got like a 1940. Jan. (without any prep): 2070. May: 2140. Hadn’t studied a thing for those. Now I did and for June I’m hoping I can, like the OP, get to a 2300+. My main problem is CR, though if it comes like January’s, I think I’ll get above 750 (so I’m hoping it comes like Jan, obviously - ridiculously easy :D)

To the OP: I’m not sure I can help you. Usually, when I sit down for the test, I’m a bit nervous at the beginning while I’m waiting in my seat. Then, when they hand out the booklets and start doling out the instructions for writing our names (you’d be surprised how long that takes) I calm down, and when the essay section begins, I’ve tuned out all anxiety from my mind. As hard as it may be to believe, I actually enjoy taking the SAT. Seriously. I like testing my skills, and math and English are my favorite “science” and language
After that, it’s just a smooth ride and a matter of not making some ■■■■■■■■ mistakes by misreading the question 3 times over. In both Math AND CR, as I’ve come to notice. For example, in not one, but TWO practice tests, I read the following question: “Compared to passage 1, the tone of passage 2 is more:” as: “Compared to passage 2, the tone of passage 1 is more:”
Naturally, the actual answer was insanely easy, and I got it wrong because I misread. Ugh.